Plain Tales from the Hills

ISBN-13: 9781438519555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 186 str.

Rudyard Kipling

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet. In 1917 he was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Kipling was born in Bombay, British India. Many of his works have an Indian flavor and setting. His best known for his works are The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), and Just So Stories (1902). Stories in this collection include Lispeth -- Three and - an extra -- Thrown away -- Miss Youghals sais -- Yoked with an unbeliever -- False dawn -- The rescue of Pluffles -- Cupids arrows -- His chance in life -- Watches of the night -- The other man -- Consequences -- The conversionof Aurelian McGoggin -- A germ destroyer -- Kidnapped -- The arrest of Liutenanat Golightly -- The house of Suddhoo -- His wedded wife -- The broken link handicapped -- Beyond the pale -- In error -- A bank fraud -- Tods amendment -- In the pride of his youth -- Pig -- The rout of the White Hussars -- The Bronckhorst divorce-case -- Venus Annodomini -- The Bisara of poorer -- The gate of a hundred sorrows -- The story of Muhammid Din -- On the strength of a likeness -- Wressley of the Foreign Office -- By word of mouth -- To be held for reference.